Norm Wood's ACC All-Access blog

Virginia’s London Perrantes is dealing with a mild concussion and a broken nose, making him “day-to-day” heading into No. 2 U.Va.’s game Wednesday night at Wake Forest, according to the Cavaliers' athletic department.

Virginia is hoping to get some good news from two recruits making their decisions on National Signing Day, but the Cavaliers have already started making a strong late push with the addition of T.J. Griffin.

Virginia Tech feels good about what it has returning at wide receiver, but now it’s searching for somebody to lead the group after receivers coach Aaron Moorehead left the team Sunday to take the same position at Texas A&M.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Former Virginia Beach high school football coach Chris Beatty could be in line for a role as an assistant for Virginia coach Mike London, and former Cavaliers assistant coach Dave Borbely may be returning to Charlottesville, according to internet reports.

Virginia’s offseason is barely two weeks old, but the Cavaliers' defense is already dealing with change. Defensive end Eli Harold will try to move on to the NFL, while linebacker Max Valles plans to return to Charlottesville for another season.

Cornerback Brandon Facyson's second year at Virginia Tech went from bad to worse Sunday when he suffered a broken fibula and tibia in his left leg in practice, resulting in Sunday night surgery in Blacksburg, according to a release from Tech's athletic department.

When Virginia Tech meets Cincinnati on Dec. 27 in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Md., it’ll be a chance for Tech athletic director Whit Babcock to see some familiar faces and an opportunity for coaches to reunite.

BLACKSBURG - Virginia Tech’s already-ravaged backfield got a little thinner Tuesday after the school’s athletic department revealed Phoebus High graduate Marshawn Williams will miss the rest of the season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Virginia won't have starting point guard London Perrantes and reserve forward Evan Nolte when it opens its season next Friday at James Madison due to violations of team rules resulting in suspensions, according to a release from U.Va.'s athletic department.

In one of the most surprising developments of Virginia Tech's disappointing football season, senior quarterback Mark Leal has decided to leave the program to pursue “a professional opportunity,” according to a statement from Tech's athletic department.

Though Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Buzz Williams tried his best to get a class of 2015 commitment from a second Boo Williams AAU product, highly touted recruit Chris Clarke has instead decided to spend his college years in the Southeastern Conference.

Sitting on a quiet team bus on his way to the airport last Thursday night after Virginia Tech’s 21-16 at Pittsburgh, Tech running backs coach Shane Beamer sent text messages to Marshawn Williams and Trey Edmunds.